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Heimskringla: The Stories of the Kings of Norway, Called The Round World

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Heimskringla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla]) is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1178/79–1241) ca. 1230. The name Heimskringla was first used in the 17th century, derived from the first two words of one of the manuscripts (kringla heimsins - the circle of the world).

Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, followed by accounts of historical Norwegian rulers from Harald Fairhair of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla in 1177. The exact sources of his work are disputed, but included earlier kings' sagas, such as Morkinskinna, Fagrskinna and the twelfth century Norwegian synoptic histories and oral traditions, notably many skaldic poems. Snorri had himself visited Norway and Sweden. For events of the mid-12th century, Snorri explicitly names the now lost work Hryggjarstykki as his source. The composition of the sagas is Snorri's.

This solo is Volume 3-5 of The Saga Library by the same translators and is all three volumes of the Heimskringla (which are volumes 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Saga Library. Volume 6 is notes, index, appendices etc, and is not planned to be recorded). ( Wikipedia and Ærik Bjørnsson) (34 hr 23 min)

Chapters

The Preface of Snorri Sturluson

6:51

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The Story of the Ynglings, Part 1 - Chapter I-X

16:54

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The Story of the Ynglings, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI

14:35

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The Story of the Ynglings, Part 3 - Chapter XXII-XXIX

14:23

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The Story of the Ynglings, Part 4 - Chapter XXX-XXXVIII

19:26

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The Story of the Ynglings, Part 5 - Chapter XXXIX-XLIV

14:12

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The Story of the Ynglings, Part 6 - Chapter XLV-LV

14:38

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The Story of Halfdan the Black

16:45

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The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 1 - Chapter I-X

17:16

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The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XX

21:33

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The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 3 - Chapter XXI-XXX

18:58

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The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 4 - Chapter XXXI-XL

23:16

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The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 5 - Chapter XLI-XLVI

11:49

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The Story of Hakon the Good, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIII

21:16

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The Story of Hakon the Good, Part 2 - Chapter XIV-XXVII

28:44

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The Story of Hakon the Good, Part 3 - Chapter XXVIII-XXXII

19:41

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The Story of King Harald Greycloak and of Earl Hakon son of Sigurd - Chapter I-…

37:06

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The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 1 - Chapter I-X

23:55

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The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XX

24:19

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The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 3 - Chapter XXI-XXX

17:30

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The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 4 - Chapter XXXI-XL

22:04

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The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 5 - Chapter XLI-L

24:21

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The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 6 - Chapter LI-LX

24:43

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The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 7 - Chapter LXI-LXX

17:43

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The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 8 - Chapter LXXI-LXXX

14:06

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The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 9 - Chapter LXXXI-XC

25:07

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The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 10 - Chapter XCI-C

21:10

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The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 11 - Chapter CI-CX

21:52

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The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 12 - Chapter CXI-CXXII

21:39

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 1 - Chapter I-XV

25:26

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 2 - Chapter XVI-XXX

26:15

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 3 - Chapter XXXI-XLV

36:14

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 4 - Chapter XLVI-LX

37:07

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 5 - Chapter LXI-LXXV

53:59

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 6 - Chapter LXXVI-XC

46:00

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 7 - Chapter XCI-CV

1:01:45

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 8 - Chapter CVI-CXX

55:07

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 9 - Chapter CXXI-CXXXV

57:54

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 10 - Chapter CXXXVI-CXLIV

40:44

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 10 - Chapter CXLV-CL

39:45

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 11 - Chapter CLI-CLXV

58:36

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 12 - Chapter CLXVI-CLXXX

34:06

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 13 - Chapter CLXXXI-CXCV

45:44

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 14 - Chapter CXCVI-CCX

22:54

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 15 - Chapter CCXI-CCXXV

30:32

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 16 - Chapter CCXXVI-CCXL

32:23

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 17 - Chapter CCXLI-CCLII

23:46

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The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 18 - Chapter CCLIII-CCLXV

25:49

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The Story of Magnus the Good, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIII

26:51

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The Story of Magnus the Good, Part 2 - Chapter XIV-XXVI

24:39

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The Story of Magnus the Good, Part 3 - Chapter XXVII-XXXIX

25:21

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The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIII

24:31

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The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 2 - Chapter XIV-XXVI

22:57

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The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 3 - Chapter XXVII-XXXIX

27:00

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The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 4 - Chapter XL-LIII

23:51

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The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 5 - Chapter LIV-LXVI

30:16

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The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 6 - Chapter LXVII-LXXIX

23:14

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The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 7 - Chapter LXXX-XCIII

23:05

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The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 8 - Chapter XCIV-CVI

21:22

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The Story of Olaf the Quiet

19:19

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The Story of King Magnus Barefoot, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIV

36:19

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The Story of King Magnus Barefoot, Part 2 - Chapter XV-XXVIII

21:40

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The Story of Sigurd the Jerusalem-farer, Eystein, and Olaf, Part 1 - Chapter I-X

16:32

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The Story of Sigurd the Jerusalem-farer, Eystein, and Olaf, Part 2 - Chapter XI…

23:29

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The Story of Sigurd the Jerusalem-farer, Eystein, and Olaf, Part 3 - Chapter XX…

40:59

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The Story of Sigurd the Jerusalem-farer, Eystein, and Olaf, Part 4 - Chapter XX…

27:34

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The Story of Magnus the Blind and Harald Gilli, Part 1 - Chapter I-V

15:09

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The Story of Magnus the Blind and Harald Gilli, Part 2 - Chapter VI-XII

23:26

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The Story of Magnus the Blind and Harald Gilli, Part 3 - Chapter XIII-XVIII

16:59

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The Story of Ingi, Son of Harald, and his Bretheren, Part 1 - Chapter I-X

28:28

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The Story of Ingi, Son of Harald, and his Bretheren, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI

23:58

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The Story of Ingi, Son of Harald, and his Bretheren, Part 3 - Chapter XXII-XXXII

32:13

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The Story of Hakon Shoulder-Broad, Part 1 - Chapter I-X

22:42

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The Story of Hakon Shoulder-Broad, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI

31:27

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The Story of King Magnus, Son of Erling, Part 1 - Chapter I-X

22:50

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The Story of King Magnus, Son of Erling, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI

21:49

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The Story of King Magnus, Son of Erling, Part 3 - Chapter XXII-XXXII

18:02

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The Story of King Magnus, Son of Erling, Part 4 - Chapter XXXIII-XLIV

17:22

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Bewertungen

(3 Sterne)

I really wanted to listen to this book. The first reader was great but it was hard to follow and keep up with the narrative with the second reader.

ok

(3 Sterne)

The other reviewers are right that the main reader can be difficult to listen to but still, he did read out 34 hours of this text so for that I'm grateful.

bummer

(1,5 Sterne)

The guy reading it has a poor drone of a voice. too bad It started so well